Live in the Greater Boston Metropolitan Area and bored on Saturday the 13th? Then we've got plans for you! Drop by NextPhase's offices in sunny Peabody, Mass., and take part in the company's "Take Back" recycling event! NextPhase, a clever division of Converge that's dedicated to IT asset disposition (I wrote a column about the company a few months back), will turn its corporate-focused gaze down on you, the little man, helping you get rid of your old gear and gadgets the environmentally friendly way.

What sort of stuff, you wonder? Well I'm glad you asked! I put that same question to the company, and got this in response: "NextPhase's "Take Back" recycling event will accept all desktop PCs and laptops, in addition to printers, monitors, televisions, stereos, PDAs and mobile phones, keyboards and electronic game consoles. There is a maximum of five products per category per person, and only one television per person. There is no limit to the number of mice and power cords/adapters residents can drop off. Items that will not be accepted are refrigerators, freezers, microwaves, ovens, stoves, blenders and non-electronic devices."

The event, which will run from 10am to 2pm, will be held at NextPhase's corporate offices at Four Technology Drive (Centennial Office Park) in Peabody. And in case you haven't heard what NextPhase specializes in, they securely destroy all things electronic to prevent data theft--meaning you'll even get a certificate of destruction, a written guarantee that every product being recycled is disposed of properly.

Update: 10/17
The event, held at the company's Peabody headquarters, collected enough IT equipment to fill three 53-foot tractor-trailers, diverting more than two tons of lead and significant quantities of hazardous chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and beryllium contained in these products from being disposed of in local landfills.

In less than four hours, NextPhase collected:

• Nearly 500 CRT monitors
• More than 425 desktop PCs and laptops
• 189 printers
• More than 700 other IT hardware and electronic items

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Jeremy Kaplan is a former executive editor for PC Magazine and co-host of the Fastest Geek competition. He also served as Editor of GoodCleanTech.com.
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